Disgrifiad: The house of Galltfaenan (Alltvaynan) in Henllan, Denbighshire, was purchased by the Salusbury family from the Ravenscrofts of Bretton, Flintshire, in the 16th century. This particular Salusbury family were a branch of the Salusbury family of Lleweni, Denbighshire. The male line of the family ended with the death in 1731 of Edward Salusbury, who bequeathed the estate to his niece, Elizabeth Welshman. She married Dr John Jones of Penyfed, Llangwm, and Penanner, Cerrigydrudion. The estate was inherited by their daughter, Margaret, who married John Jones of Denbigh. She died childless, leaving Galltfaenan to her cousin's son, Col John Lloyd (Salusbury), a descendant through his mother of the Thelwall family of Blaen Iâl, Denbighshire, on condition that he took the surname Salusbury. John Lloyd Salusbury's eldest daughter, Anna Maria, to whom the estate passed, married Townshend Mainwaring of Marchwiel Hall, Flintshire, second son of the Rev. Charles Mainwaring of Oteley Park in 1837. Their heir was Charles Salusbury Mainwaring, a keen genealogist who compiled notebooks on the pedigrees of many families in North Wales and also corresponded with Alfred Neobard Palmer, the Wrexham historian. His heir, Randle Kynaston Lloyd Salusbury Mainwaring, sold Galltfaenan in 1926. According to the 1873 return of owners of land the Galltfaenan estate measured 10,686 acres, all in Denbighshire, with an annual rental of £4,328.

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